Menus in AutoREALM act just like menus in any other Windows application.
- Open a menu by clicking on it, or by pressing Alt plus the letter that is underlined in the menu's title. For example, to open the File Menu, you would press Alt + F.
- Choose a menu selection by clicking on it, by pressing its underlined letter, or by using the cursor keys to highlight it and then pressing Enter.
- Some menu items are more than two levels deep, indicated by a black arrow to the right of that menu item. Clicking on the menu item opens a sub menu for further choices.
- Menus and selections that are not currently available appear in gray.
- Menu items that end in an ellipsis (...) will open a dialog for further information.
- Some menus have shortcut keys that are active at any time. Shortcuts are displayed to the right of the menu item as a key combination (e.g. Ctrl+B).
- If a menu item has a check mark, it means that the item controls a program state. Repeatedly selecting the item will toggle the check mark on and off, as well as turning on and off the relevant program feature.